Acer launches XG270HU Monitor with AMD Freesync support

[HEXUS]

At CES Acer announced the similar XB270HU with G-SYNC. Both monitors arrive in March.

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[Tpyo]

I've wanted a decent WQHD panel for a while now. My reasoning was that a card to drive a 4K monitor wasn't likely to be in my practical budget for a while to come, but I'd appreciate a little extra screen real estate. However, it's been so long waiting for a suitable screen that didn't break the bank (and intensly annoying when lots of laptops were sporting WQHD when I couldn't get it for my desktop!), 4K is likely to come along at a similar time. The problem is wanting WQHD + IPS + decent response time (good enough to do some light gaming on). Most of the IPS/WQHD panels I've seen reviewed say suitable only for RTS etc. not FPS games.

[Denis_iii]

When the Acer XG270HU is available in matte black I'd be interested especially being a TN panel should hopefully be in my price range whereas IPS isn't.

[anubis44]

I'm tempted to buy one of these, even though I don't really care about variable sync, just to rub nVidia's nose in it that I'm not going to support their proprietary, over-priced, locked in junk.

[Nelly.]

I got really excited, then it said it's a TN panel, patience is a virtue...

[MrJim]

I got really excited, then it said it's a TN panel, patience is a virtue...

The XB270HU is 144Hz IPS panel type...but is G-Sync not Free-Sync...

[dfour]

The XB270HU is 144Hz IPS panel type...but is G-Sync not Free-Sync...

Thats as annoying as hell. I will not go back to TN unless someone paid me but never by choice.

[DanceswithUnix]

Still waiting for Intel to announce they are supporting FreeSync. It sounds like it would help with smoothness at low frame rates, so seems quite applicable. I suspect they will adopt it quite quietly though.

[canopus72]

Why does the Nvidia g-sync monitor (Acer XB270HU) have a much better panel specification than the AMD Freesync variant (Acer XG270HU)?. The g-sync variant has an IPS panel, much richer colour reproduction and wider viewing angles, whereas the AMD Freesync variant just has a basic TN+ film panel (who cares about a 1ms response time if it has a lower quality panel?).